American college basketball season
The 1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1954–55 . The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–5 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–5.[2]
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/4/1954 *
Marietta
W 81–75
1–0
12/9/1954 *
Charleston (WV)
W 88–81
2–0
12/11/1954 *
at Ohio Wesleyan
W 95–78
3–0
12/14/1954
Marshall
L 85–105
3–1 (0–1)
12/17/1954
at Kent State
W 75–72
4–1 (1–1)
12/18/1954
at Western Reserve
W 88–74
5–1 (2–1)
12/20/1954 *
at Loyola (IL)
W 72–70
6–1
1/7/1955
Western Michigan
W 97–84
7–1 (3–1)
1/15/1955
Kent State
W 80–65
8–1 (4–1)
1/17/1955
Toledo
L 69–79
8–2 (4–2)
1/22/1955
at Bowling Green
L 69–77
8–3 (4–3)
1/29/1955
Miami (OH)
W 75–71
9–3 (5–3)
2/5/1955 *
at Case Tech
W 77–69
10–3
2/9/1955
at Marshall
L 73–84
10–4 (5–4)
2/11/1955
Western Reserve
W 86–68
11–4 (6–4)
2/15/1955
at Miami (OH)
L 79–91
11–5 (6–5)
2/18/1955
Bowling Green
W 81–70
12–5 (7–5)
2/21/1955 *
Morehead State
W 90–82
13–5
2/26/1955
at Western Michigan
W 95–87
14–5 (8–5)
2/28/1955
at Toledo
W 67–59
15–5 (9–5)
3/3/1955 *
at Marietta
W 93–90
16–5
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Source:[3] [2]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 1954–55 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
1715
1631
Scoring Average
81.67
77.67
Field goals – Att
650–1631
570–1536
Free throws – Att
415–624
491–705
Rebounds
991
965
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots
Source[4]
Player statistics
Minutes
Scoring
Total FGs
Free-Throws
Rebounds
Player
GP
GS
Tot
Avg
Pts
Avg
FG
FGA
Pct
FT
FTA
Pct
Tot
Avg
A
PF
TO
Stl
Blk
Fred Moore
21
-
327
15.6
140
342
0.409
47
66
0.712
469
22.3
58
Dick Garrison
21
-
312
14.9
91
210
0.433
130
177
0.734
208
9.9
67
Larry Morrison
21
-
220
10.5
84
236
0.356
52
72
0.722
78
3.7
47
Bob Strawser
20
-
180
9.0
69
129
0.535
42
77
0.545
58
2.9
38
Henry Pell
21
-
166
7.9
65
179
0.363
36
70
0.514
118
5.6
57
Bob Evans
13
-
139
10.7
56
136
0.412
27
41
0.659
404
31.1
41
Don Sifft
21
-
128
6.1
54
154
0.351
20
31
0.645
87
4.1
29
Harry Weinbrecht
15
-
113
7.5
53
129
0.411
7
17
0.412
38
2.5
27
Bill Oppenheimer
21
-
85
4.0
24
73
0.329
37
53
0.698
34
1.6
33
Dick Miller
15
-
43
2.9
13
37
0.351
17
20
0.850
12
0.8
11
Roger Melick
2
-
2
1.0
1
3
0.333
0
0
0.000
1
0.5
0
Fred Arand
3
-
0
0.0
0
3
0.000
0
0
0.000
0
0.0
0
Fred Lowe
3
-
0
0.0
0
0
0.000
0
0
0.000
0
0.0
1
Total
21
-
-
-
1715
81.7
650
1631
0.399
415
624
0.665
991
47.2
409
Opponents
21
-
-
-
1631
77.7
570
1536
0.371
491
705
0.696
965
46.0
381
Source[4]
References